19 Nov 2021
World Health Organization
Live Q&A on climate crisis and health
19 Nov 2021
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19 Nov 2021
On 30 June 2021 The World Health Organization hosted the first webinar of the series “Building best in class chatbots” . WHO, governments, NGOs, academia and the private sector, were brought together to discuss and share lessons learned during the pandemic. Chatbots are software programmes that interact with people over voice or text. Even before COVID-19, they played an important role in h...
19 Nov 2021
12 Nov 2021
14–15 December 2021, Moscow, Russian Federation The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation will host a conference jointly with the WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases. The conference aims to unpack the public health benefits and deficits of emerging technologies and provide an evidence base for their broad-scale adoption in combating noncommuni...
12 Nov 2021
08 Nov 2021
Countries have begun to prioritize health in their efforts to protect people from the impact of climate change, but only about a quarter of those recently surveyed by the World Health Organization have been able to fully implement their national health and climate change plans or strategies. Countries report that a lack of funding; the impact of COVID-19; and insufficient human resource capacity a...
08 Nov 2021
08 Nov 2021
The World Heart Federation has joined a global call to action for governments to update their national climate commitments under the Paris Agreement, in line with their fair share of limiting warming to 1.5°C. The call comes ahead of the UN climate conference (COP26) in Glasgow, UK as more than 300 organizations representing at least 45 million nurses, doctors and health professionals worldwide �...
08 Nov 2021
08 Nov 2021
This is a statement made at the 68th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean on Addressing diabetes as a public health challenge in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
08 Nov 2021
08 Nov 2021
In a new policy brief, the World Heart Federation (WHF) is calling on governments to implement strict regulations on e-cigarettes in a determined effort to stop the e-cigarette epidemic in its tracks.
08 Nov 2021
08 Nov 2021
This is a statement made at the 72nd Session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific Region on climate change, environment and health.
08 Nov 2021
08 Nov 2021
This is a statement made at the 72nd Session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific Region on non-communicable diseases.
08 Nov 2021
08 Nov 2021
This Playbook is for anyone who creates content online that speaks to young people. It has been designed to be easy-to-use, and to help you post in a way that encourages connection and conversation with young people, because after all, that is what it is all about.
08 Nov 2021
08 Nov 2021
Major new investment to create over 100,000 new opportunities for Victoria’s young people to socially and safely connect.
08 Nov 2021
08 Nov 2021
New 5-year Victorian Government plan puts health and wellbeing of young people and children first.
08 Nov 2021